species ically —92 percent of foraminiferans, for instance—o a similar plan and living alongside, ively unscathed.

    t inconsistencies. As Ricey observes: “Some does notseem satisfying just to call t at t.” If, as seems entirely likely,t survivors become difficult to account for. “Some insects, like beetles,” Fortey notes, “couldlive on   t navigate bysunlig so easy.”

    Above all, to survive and algae require sunligogeteady minimum temperatures. Mucy  feo corals dying from cemperature of only a degree or so. If t vulnerable to small c er?

    to-explain regional variations. Extinctions seem to icular appears to  no burroures. Evenits vegetation ion else devastation  a great deal  know.

    Some animals absolutely prospered—including, a little surprisingly, turtles once again.

    As Flannery notes, tely after tinction could urtles. Sixteen species survived in Nortoexistence soon after.

    Clearly it o be at er. t impact  almost 90 percent ofland-based species but only 10 percent of ter. ater obviously offeredprotection against  and flame, but also presumably provided more sustenance in t follo survived  of retreating to asafer environment during times of danger—into er or underground—eiter against t. Animals tscavenged for a living o teria in rotting carcasses. Indeed, often tively drao it,and for a long rid carcasses about.

    It is often ated t only small animals survived t event. In fact, among t just large but times larger today.

    But on